Portrait Painting Tips for Beginners

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Portrait Painting Techniques for Beginners
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Few techniques you will need to master as a
portrait artist.
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Getting an Accurate Sketch on the Canvas.
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• Most of the beginners uses grid method. Drawing
  equal squares on the canvas and into the picture
  that the artist copying.

In this way you can paint the picture in a
smaller manageable sections and piece by piece.
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Charcoal Outline Method
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Outlining the subject in the canvas using
charcoal before recreating it. It serves you as
your guide.
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Learn the Basic Skin Tone Colors
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You should become familiar with a variety of
color combinations for various skin tones.
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Understanding Shadows and Highlights
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Applying a shadow on a painting is important.
Putting darker paint to the skin tone. Skin under
the eyes, around the nose, and parts that are in
shadow will need to be darkened most of the time.
Lighter paint in the upper eyelid and roundness
of the nose and cheeks. And brighter paint on the
lips and eyes.
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